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General information - Location

Country	Belgium
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.2652,Lat: 51.1051
Elevation	47 meter above sea level
Local time	10:32:13am
Name province/regionRégion	Vlaams Gewest
Name Province	Limburg
Name Arrondissement	Hasselt
Name Commune	Leopoldsburg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Leopoldsburg	1.4 km	North
2 Korspel	2.2 km	SouthWest
3 Heppen	2.6 km	WestNorthWest
4 Strooien Dorp	3.2 km	North
5 Einde	3.5 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	70 km	WestSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	144 km	North
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	177 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 76 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Escaut / Schelde, part of the larger catchment area Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Oude Zandput (1.5 km² at a distance of 14.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 17.5 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 25 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is urban.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Kempen

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 39 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.4 km2

26%

Nature

14.8 km2

18.8%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

19.6 km2

25%

Urban area

20.7 km2

26.3%

Rock-Sand

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Boskant in country Belgium

Boskant at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Flemish Béguinages	Belgium	56 km	West
2 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex	Belgium	62 km	WestNorthWest
3 Stoclet House	Belgium	67 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Militair domein en vallei van de Zwarte Beek	BE	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Boskant
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Leopoldsburg

Type of weather in Leopoldsburg	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	05:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam